Remote burner lighter



B. K. G. EHNBOM- REMOTE BURNER LIGHTER Filed Aug. 23, 1941 2 Siieei-Sheetj 1 ATTORNEY INVENTOR K 8a Mk4 65am; fie a B. K. .c a. EHNBOM 2,386,041 REMOTE BURNER LIGHTER 2 sheets-Sheet;

I Filed Aug 25,1941 I "IQYATTORNEY burner ofFigure 1;and, any reason the burner flame becomes extinings, a refrigerator cabinet, indicated generally Snapping the valve member It to the closed posigas burner, generally indicated at it and the denited by the same flame that is used for he n that described in Patent No. 2,069,062, granted and the burner is ignited by means of an ignitin thermostatic diaphragm ll, a diaphragm housing 40 chamber 66. As shown in Figure 3, chamber as is -01 which is secured in the housing I 8. The heat 12 which normally holds a valve ball 14 against is lighted, heat is conducted to the thermostatic When valve ball 14 is unseated, gas is supplied to Patented oi. 2,194s i in *Z,336,04 1:'

UNITED STATES PATENT orricalf 2,386,041 I REMOTE BURNER LIGHTER Bo Karl Georg Ehnbom, Stockholm, Sweden Application August 23, 1941, Serial No. 408,027 In Germany March 7, 1941 12 Claims. (01. 62-1) This invention relates to gas burners and more 22. A suitable cap screw 23 is provided for sealparticularly to igniting a remotely located gas ing the lower end of passage II and is removed burner. 2 for permitting access to the adjustment screw W It is an object of, theiinvention to provide for 22. The setting of screw 22 determines the maxiremote lighting of a burner such asa gas burner 5' mum flow of ga to the burner and therefore positioned at the rear of a heat operated refrigthe maximum si e of the b rner fi t th crater which it is desiredto light from the front left, passage 20 opens into the bottom of the of the refrigerator. burner proper which is indicated at 30 and the The nature of the invention and the advandetails ofwhich are shown in the patent referred tages thereof are set forth in the following deto above. This burner mixes air with the gas, scription in connection with the accompanying and the gas and air mixture flows from the top drawings forming a part of this specification and openings 60, maintaining a flame which heats of which: 1 generator}. The 'fiame also heats conductor 19 Figure 1 is a vertical section of the bottom porso that heat is transmitted to housing 88 and to tion of a domestic refrigerator having installed the thermostatic diaphragm I1,-and when the therein a gas burner embodying the invention: thermostatic diaphragm is' thus maintained Figure 2 is aview showing partly in'section the heated, it holds valve member i5 open. If for Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of guished, the conductor member i9 and the then- Figure 2; 20 mostatio diaphragm I! cool down until the dia- Referring particularly to Figure 1 of the drawphragm flexes to the position shown in Figure 2 at 2, has mounted at its rear a continuous ab tion and uttin off fl w of as to th urner. sorption refrigeration unit, and the figure shows When it is desirable to light, the burner, the at the right the bottom portionof the generator esh rm p ragm I"! is heated until it I 4. This generator has a vertical flue t beneath Opens the gas valve. As a result of this, gasi which is rigidly mounted on a bracket bar St a plied t the burner, and the burner is then igtails of construction of which are show in Fighe thermostatic diaphragm. ures 2 and 3. The gas burner is generally like 80 Initially, the thermostatic diaphragm is heated,

January 26, "1937. Referring particularly to Figburner Positioned-beneath housing It and indiure 2, the burner I 0 is provided with agas supply Gated at 60. Burner 60 ,is in the form of a horipassage H suitably threaded at its upper .end l2 zontally positioned. cylindrical plu 5! r i ly for connection to a gas supply pipe, I t up mounted at its right end and having its left end per portion of passage ll there is inserted what c t away: as shown in Figures 2 and 3. Burner may be generally referred to as a safety'cut-oif 60 is provided with an p a y directed 1 33 valve assembly i3 comprising a valve body is, and a horizontal jet 64 which are connected valve member is, a valve stem It, a sna action t r u h horizontal-passa ways in p us H to a l8, and a heatconductor it. The valve member connected y a pa ge 68 to an a xiliary gas it is connected by the valve stem to the center I supply passage ill, and passa e 1 s Provided of the thermostatic diaphragm It the periphery with a all-and-sp ng va e having a c spr n conductor l9 has one and located in a position to 8 ve seat- Referring o Fi re the end of bevheated by the burner flame and the other end a secured to the housing I8 so that when the burner sage 16 to t e gas inlet of passage Th s,

diaphragm I1.

At the lower part of the burner housing, pas- '50 gas to the main bumer through passage H.

sage H is connected through an opening 2! toe Valve .ball It may be unseated by sliding s second passage 20. The eiiective area of openvalve operating pin 18 (Figure 8) toward its deing 2| is adjusted by turning an adjustment P s position." Pin extends through a cap screw which is threaded in the lower end of pas- 80. there being a sliding at around the pin a! sage H and the upper and of which is shown at a; that gas does not escape and spring 12 is held in 4 and having pl, cap 82. Pin 18 is slid inwardly by m'eansof an operating arm 88 riveted to a tube 84. The inner end of tube 84 is slideably supported by a collar bracket 86 welded to the burner a collar portion snugly receiving the end of the tube. Referring to Figure 1, tube 84 extends from the burner to the front of the refrigeratorcabinet and has its outer end slideably carried by a bracket 90 mounted upon the lower wall of 'the refrigerator cabinet. Welded to the outer end of tube 84 is an operating handle 82 which carries at its top a guide pin 94 the righthand end of which is slideably received in .an

opening in bracket ,90: A compression spring 9 6 is coiled about tube 84 between bracket 98 and operating handle 92, and at the right of bracket 90 and welded to tube 84 is a collar 98. Spring 96' tends to slide the tube to the left, and collar 98 limits the movement so that the tube is normally held in the position shown. However, handle 92 is so spaced from bracket 90 that the two may be grasped, and by squeezing the handle and the bracket, the tube is slid to the right against the action of spring 96 with the result that pin 18 displaces yalve ball 14 (Figure 3) from its seat and gas is supplied to jets 62 and 64.

Jet 64 is directed into the ,open end of tube 84, and when the tube is moved to the right, its

, end is adjacent the jet. Thus, gas from the jet passes through tube 84 where is mixes with air,

;and the mixture emanates through the front end of the tube. This mixture is ignited by holding a flame at the front end of the tube adjacent handle 92, and the flame will immediately travel back through the tube, and at the rear of the tube the gas from jets 62 and 64 is ignited. Due

to the fact that flames are maintained at the jets, no more gas passes through tube 84, but the flames extend upwardly (Figure 2) so as to heat the thermostatic diaphragm ll. When the thermostatic diaphragm is sufficiently heated, it snaps to the right and opens valve l5 so as to supply gas to the main burner. As this gas passes from openings 48, it is ignited by the flame from jets 62 and 64; Handle 92 (Figure 1) is then released so that valve ball I4 is reseated, shutting on the supply of gas tothe igniting burner.

I claim:

A. In a heat operated refrigerator having a cabinet to which access may be had at the front and havinga generator which .is heated to operate the refrigerator,.the combination with said generator of a main burner, and igniting means to ignite said burner comprising an igniting burner mounted upon said main burner, valve means which is operated to supply fuel to said igniting burner independent of the supplying of fuel to saidmainburner, a pair of brackets one of which has a tube receivin portion adjacent said igniting burner and the other of which has a tube receiving portion adjacent the front of said cabinet, a, tube slideably mounted in said tube receiving portions and adapted to he slid inwardly toward said igniting burner, said tube having a handle means rigidly mounted at its forward end, and an operating arm mounted adjacent, said burner and mechanically related to said valvemeans so that said valve means is operated when said tube i slid inwardly-toward said igniting burner.

.2. In a heat. operated refrigerator having a remotely located burner, an ignitin mechanism comprisinga plurality of gas jetsatube hava ing an opening at each end withone opening ment of the tube spect to the one direction said gas frigerator, means movably mounting said tube,

valve means to control the supply of gas to said gas jets, mechanism carried by said tube and operable to open said valve means upon movein one direction, and means to close said valve upon movement of the tube in the opposite direction and to normally maintain said valve in closed position, said mechanism being so constructed and arranged that upon movement of said tube in said one direction said gasvalve is openedand gas flows from said one jet through said tube to the .opposite end thereof, that is conveniently positioned with reside walls of the refrigerator whereby this gas may be ignited to carry a flame back through said tube to another of said gas jets.

3. In a. heat operated refrigerator having a remotely located burner, an igniting mechanism comprising a plurality of gas jets, one of said jets being directed toward the burner, a tube having an openin at each end with one opening positioned to receive gas from another of said jets and with the opening at its opposite end conveniently positioned with respect to the side walls of the refrigerator, means movably mounting said tube, valve means to control the supplying of gas to said gas jets, mechanism carried by said'tube and operable to open said valve means upon movement of the tubein one direction, and means to close said valve uponmovement of the tube in the opposite direction and to normally maintain said valve in closed position, said mechanism being so constructed and arranged that upon movement of said tube in valve is opened and gas flows from said one jet through said tube to the opposite end thereof that is conveniently located with respect to the side walls of the refrigerator, whereby said gas may be ignited to carry a flame back through said tube to said other gas jet directed toward said burner. 4. In a heat operated refrigerator having a. remotely located burner, an igniting mechanism comprising a plurality of gas jets, a tube having an opening at each. end with one opening positioned to receive gas from one of the said jets and with the other opening conveniently positioned with respect to the sidewalls of the refrigerator, said tube bein mounted for longitudinal sliding movement on a/pair of downwardly extending brackets, a hand grasp rigidly mounted on said tube adjacent one of the brackets for sliding the tube longitudinally, valve means to control the supply of gas to said gas jets, mechanism carried by said tube and operable to open said valve means upon sliding movement of the tube in one direction, and means to close said valve upon movement of the tube in the opposite direction and to normally maintain said valve in closed position, said mechanism being so constructed and arranged that upon movement of said tube in said one direction said gas valve is opened and gas flows from said one jet through said tube to the opposite end thereof that is conveniently positioned with respect to the side walls of the refrigerator, whereby this gas may be ignited to carry a 112? we back through saidtube to another of said gas jets.

5. In combination with a main burner having an inlet and an outlet, an igniting burner comprising a plurality of gas jets operable to ignite saidmain burner, one of said jets being directed toward the main burner and asecond jet being directed at an angle to the first jet, valve over tube movably mounted relative to said igniting burner and having one end positioned adjacent said igniting burner and in alignment with the second mentioned jet thereof, the other end of said flash-over tube being positioned at a point remote from said igniting burner, and

structure operatively connected to said flashover tube and operable by said tube upon movea ment thereof toward said igniting burner to open said i niting burner gas valve, whereby gas issuing from one of said jets will pass directly into said flash-over tube and gas issuing from 'another of said jets will be directed toward said main burner outlet. 7

6. In combination with a main burner having an inlet and an outlet, an igniting burner comprising a plurality of gas jets disposed inangular relation to each other, a main gas valve for said main burner, a thermostat to control said main valve, an auxiliary valve to control the supply of gas to said igniting burner, an open ended flash-over tube mountedfor longitudinal movement relative to said igniting burner; one

of the jets of said igniting burner being directed toward the main burner and thermostat and anotherjet being aligned with the flash-over tube, structure operatively connected to said flash-over tube and operable by said tube upon movement thereof toward said igniting burner to open said auxiliary valve, and means to-close said auxiliary valve upon movement of said flashover tube'away from said igniting burner, whereby upon opening of said auxiliary valve gas flowing from one of said jets will be directed into said flash-over tube and gas flowing from another of said jets will be directed toward said thermostat and said main burner outlet.

7. In combination with amain burner having an inlet and an outlet, an igniting burner comprising a plurality of gas jets operable to ignite said main burner, one of said jets being directed toward the main burner and a second jet being directed at an angle to the first jet, valve means to control the supply of gas to said main burner, valve means to control the supply of gas to said igniting burner, an open ended flash-over tube mounted for longitudinal movement relative to said igniting burner and having one end 'posi tioned adjacent said igniting burner and in'alignment with the second jet of the latter, the opposite end of the flash-over tube being positioned at a point remote from said igniting burner, spring means to oppose the longitudinal movement of said flash-over tube toward said igniting burner and to oppose the opening of said valve means, and structure operatively connected to said rected at an angle to the first jet, valve means to control the supply of gas to, said igniting burner, an open ended flash-over tube movably mounted relatively to said igniting burner and ,having one end positioned adjacent said igniting .burner and in alignment with the second jet thereof, the opposite end of said flash over' tube being positioned at a point remote from said igniting burner, and structure operatively connected to said flash-over tube .and operable by said tube upon movement thereof toward said igniting burner to open said igniting burner gas valve whereby gas issuing from one of said jets will pass directly into said flash-over tube and gas issuing fromanother of said jets will pass toward said main burner and thermostatically operated cut-off valve, the flame of said igniting burner being utilized initially to heat the thermostatic element of said thermostatically operated valve to thereby reopen the valve and supply gas to said main burner. i

9. In combination with a main burner positioned in a relatively inaccessible location, anigniting burner for igniting'said main burner and arranged in juxtaposition therewith, a valve arranged adjacent said igniting burner ior con trolling the supply of gaseous fuel thereto, and a flash tube movably mounted and having one end adjacent said igniting burner and the other end at a relatively accessible point remote from said igniting burner, said flash tube being so connected to said valve that said valve is opened by movement 0! said flash tube. l

10. In combination with a main burner positioned in a relatively inaccessible location, an igmote from said ignitingzbumer, said flash tube flash-over tube and operable by said tube upon movement thereof toward said igniting burner to open said igniting burner gas valve in oppositioir to said spring means, whereby gas issuing from one of said jets will pass directly into said flash 'over tube and gas from another of'said jets will pass toward said main burner outlet.

8.,In combination with a main burner having aneinlet and an outlet, a thermostatically operated cut-ofl? valve for shutting off the supply of gas to said main burner when the temperature falls below a predetermined value indicating being so connected to said valve thatsaid valve is opened by movement of said flash tubetoward toward said igniting, burner.

11. In combination with a gas burner positioned in a relatively inaccessible location, a body member housing both an igniting burner 'and its control valve and positioned adjacent said gas burner, a flash tube movably mounted with one end adjacentsaid body member andthe other end at a relatively accessible point remote from said body member, and a connection whereby said valve is-operated y movementof said flash tube. v

12. In combination with a gas burner positioned in a relatively inaccessible location, a body member positioned adjacent said gas burner and housing a no-flame safety cut-out valve for said gas burner, an igniting burner, a control valve for the latter, a flash tube movably mounted with one end adjacent said body member and the other end at a relatively accessible point, and a cQnnecflon whereby said control valve is operated by movement of said tu 3 

